Tag Archives: chicklit
Montclair Filament
I started reading Elisabeth Egan’s A Window Opens shortly before I left for Yangzhou, but for some reason, moving to China and immediately losing my suitcase put me slightly behind on my reading and blogging. I mean, I could have just … Continue reading
Bennington Girls Are Easy
Bennington Girls Are Easy is about two best friends, and their wider circle of college friends. Actually, it’s about living in the city right after college. I love struggling-friends-in-the-city chicklit, and I love lifestyle porn, but I get extremely annoyed … Continue reading
In Which There Is Tudor Fiction I Don’t Love
Remember when I said how excited I was to review Six of One? I just loved the premise, a time-traveling chicklit about the six wives of Henry VIII, and I could not wait to read it, but then… it turns … Continue reading
‘Rich Kids of Instagram’: Satyricon and the City
Rich Kids of Instagram is a Tumblr of, well, rich kids posing with their expensive stuff. Whether it’s yachts, sports cars, resorts or dropping $10,000 on cosmetics, the Tumblr recalls late-Roman excesses. It’s hard to tear my eyes away, and … Continue reading
Amy Shearn’s ‘The Mermaid of Brooklyn’
The advert on this book — “sometimes all you need in life is a fabulous pair of shoes” — signaled sassy airport chick lit to me, and so I put off reading the book until I was in the right kind of … Continue reading
